Chrissy Stroop
@thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social
Cofounder of The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social
Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches
Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy
Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum
Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding road
Senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches
Former weekly columnist for openDemocracy
Ball State (BA) and Stanford (PhD) alum
Pacific Northwest via a long, weird, winding road
Pinned
Me: I stocked us up on Halloween candy.
Roomie: That’s good, as long as we don’t embezzle it.
Me: Well, um, this one bag “turns out to be” open somehow. I guess we’ll have to inspect every piece
Roomie: By…
Me: Eating them. It’s the only surefire way to protect the children
Roomie: That’s good, as long as we don’t embezzle it.
Me: Well, um, this one bag “turns out to be” open somehow. I guess we’ll have to inspect every piece
Roomie: By…
Me: Eating them. It’s the only surefire way to protect the children
Writers deserve to get paid
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Writers deserve to get paid
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I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
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I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
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I have had it with the justifications. The weaponization of poverty, neurodiversity, mental illness, all of it.
if you follow me and are using my RTs of authors' books to pirate books (many who are financially struggling, I might add), then frankly fuck off.
if you follow me and are using my RTs of authors' books to pirate books (many who are financially struggling, I might add), then frankly fuck off.
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I have had it with the justifications. The weaponization of poverty, neurodiversity, mental illness, all of it.
if you follow me and are using my RTs of authors' books to pirate books (many who are financially struggling, I might add), then frankly fuck off.
if you follow me and are using my RTs of authors' books to pirate books (many who are financially struggling, I might add), then frankly fuck off.
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If you've ever worked in a toy store, you get both! 🤪
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If you've ever worked in a toy store, you get both! 🤪
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And “All I Want For Christmas is You” 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And “All I Want For Christmas is You” 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
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If you watch Hallmark movies backwards it's about a woman who leaves her boyfriend who lives in a dead end town to become a high powered executive in a big city.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If you watch Hallmark movies backwards it's about a woman who leaves her boyfriend who lives in a dead end town to become a high powered executive in a big city.
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One year when I was managing a restaurant the Muzak Christmas album that we put on when it arrived around Thanksgiving gave back to back to back renditions of Frosty. I switched it out for the non-Christmas one for that period and refused to put it back in until the week of Christmas.
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
One year when I was managing a restaurant the Muzak Christmas album that we put on when it arrived around Thanksgiving gave back to back to back renditions of Frosty. I switched it out for the non-Christmas one for that period and refused to put it back in until the week of Christmas.
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Hey Science people 🧪, anyone know if there have there been papers written or studies done on the effect of non-stop christmas pop music to people? I certainly feel like I'm still recovering from 10 years of of working retail
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hey Science people 🧪, anyone know if there have there been papers written or studies done on the effect of non-stop christmas pop music to people? I certainly feel like I'm still recovering from 10 years of of working retail
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I haven’t worked retail in 17+ years and I STILL have a resistance to certain corporate holiday music because of it.
There are specific versions of songs that give me PTSD.
“Marshmallow World” will send me into a murderous rage.
There are specific versions of songs that give me PTSD.
“Marshmallow World” will send me into a murderous rage.
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I haven’t worked retail in 17+ years and I STILL have a resistance to certain corporate holiday music because of it.
There are specific versions of songs that give me PTSD.
“Marshmallow World” will send me into a murderous rage.
There are specific versions of songs that give me PTSD.
“Marshmallow World” will send me into a murderous rage.
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I worked at Macy's and one Christmas, the speaker over my register only worked 5% of the time. Unfortunately, it always worked for All I Want for Christmas is My 2 Front Teeth, and Feliz Navidad.
That's all I heard. Static and those 2 songs.
That's all I heard. Static and those 2 songs.
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I worked at Macy's and one Christmas, the speaker over my register only worked 5% of the time. Unfortunately, it always worked for All I Want for Christmas is My 2 Front Teeth, and Feliz Navidad.
That's all I heard. Static and those 2 songs.
That's all I heard. Static and those 2 songs.
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I feel this way about "give me the beat boys and free my soul" and all its cousins and am moderately to extremely pissed off every single time I go food shopping so 🤷♀️
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I feel this way about "give me the beat boys and free my soul" and all its cousins and am moderately to extremely pissed off every single time I go food shopping so 🤷♀️
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This makes me sick. From 2015-18, I taught history and honors courses at the University of South Florida.
One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom.
Some of my best students were Muslims
www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom.
Some of my best students were Muslims
www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
USF investigating harassment of Muslim students’ prayer on Tampa campus
Police are working to identify the men who disrupted a sunrise prayer at the Collins Boulevard parking garage on Tuesday.
www.tampabay.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This makes me sick. From 2015-18, I taught history and honors courses at the University of South Florida.
One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom.
Some of my best students were Muslims
www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom.
Some of my best students were Muslims
www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
OMG these absolute doofuses - how did we ever let these insecure little shits run away with all our society’s money?
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
OMG these absolute doofuses - how did we ever let these insecure little shits run away with all our society’s money?
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I’m ashamed to admit it, but I asked…
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’m ashamed to admit it, but I asked…
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I'd also accept a fight between Elon and Lebron James
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I'd also accept a fight between Elon and Lebron James
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Disgusting. Reminds me of post 9/11. There has been such a wild uptick of open anti-muslim bigotry lately. I've seen, what I feel, is ridiculous amount of it, considering where I've lived. I hate it so much.
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Disgusting. Reminds me of post 9/11. There has been such a wild uptick of open anti-muslim bigotry lately. I've seen, what I feel, is ridiculous amount of it, considering where I've lived. I hate it so much.
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"Let's you and him fight!"
X users should use Grok to try to goad Musk and Zuckerberg into finally following through on that fight they originally chickened out of
This shit is delightful
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Let's you and him fight!"
X users should use Grok to try to goad Musk and Zuckerberg into finally following through on that fight they originally chickened out of
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
X users should use Grok to try to goad Musk and Zuckerberg into finally following through on that fight they originally chickened out of
This makes me sick. From 2015-18, I taught history and honors courses at the University of South Florida.
One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom.
Some of my best students were Muslims
www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom.
Some of my best students were Muslims
www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
USF investigating harassment of Muslim students’ prayer on Tampa campus
Police are working to identify the men who disrupted a sunrise prayer at the Collins Boulevard parking garage on Tuesday.
www.tampabay.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This makes me sick. From 2015-18, I taught history and honors courses at the University of South Florida.
One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom.
Some of my best students were Muslims
www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
One thing I loved about USF was the diversity, including religious diversity, that really enriched the classroom.
Some of my best students were Muslims
www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2...
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If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Christmas music is as close as we get to living in North Korea. Santa Juche.
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Christmas music is as close as we get to living in North Korea. Santa Juche.
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I went through 20 years of *singing* Frosty the Snowman (and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, etc.) at theme parks and malls.
There's a reason I used to run out of wine the week after Christmas.
There's a reason I used to run out of wine the week after Christmas.
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I went through 20 years of *singing* Frosty the Snowman (and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, etc.) at theme parks and malls.
There's a reason I used to run out of wine the week after Christmas.
There's a reason I used to run out of wine the week after Christmas.
Chriiist-maaas SHARK doo doo da doo da doo…
careful there.. someone will make a babyshark christmas special/song and then wed really be in for it
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Chriiist-maaas SHARK doo doo da doo da doo…